Combined eaves-trough and down-spout construction.



H. L. SKILLMAN.

COMBINED EAVES TRUUGH AND' DOWN SPOUT CONSTRUCTION;

APPLICATION FILED FEB.25. |916.

1,226,712; Patented May 22,1917.

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Be itslnownthat LHARRIsoN L.` SKILL:

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siding at` Yormgstowvdfin the; county of Mahoningand` State:` ofOhio, have invented certain new andY useful Improvements in. Combined Eaves-Trough `and D'ovvnfSpout Construction, of which the following is a speciiication.4

\ This r lnventlon relates` to the, general subject1-of"roong, and hasv particular reference tota novel andimproved cavess-troughl i and down-spout eonstruetioiu.

primary" object `of the. invention isfito provide an. eavesdmough that will overhang theyedge` of the` roof andi lieini a; welll-11nd y tected position beneath the eavesito1 thereby, effectually exclude', alli foreign and obstruct:

the roof, which will: permit of the. saine being readily removed 4for painting or repairs, whilefatl the Sametimey providing a.-

` guard: edge, which will? readily deflect;` obs structions such as snow andjce upwardly and beyond` the edge of thek roof and` clear. of' the` brought entrance.

A further object of the invention is to;

provide a simpleand practical construction,

vvhereb .i the trough ands down spoutmay be.

adjusta ly` `connected on ooupleds so` that` the:

latter may` be adjusted; fromv a perpendicus lar position toy any desired,angleor` slant,

required toy reachi they ground.

i the aboveand' other objects in view` which will more readily appear-,as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the saine consists in the novel construction,

`combination and arrangement offparts hereinafter more fully described.V illustrated and claimed.

preferred and# practical embodiment off the present invention is illustrated intheY accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing `the application ofthe invention, the downspout being shown in full lines in a perpendicular position.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the construction shown in Fig. 1, the dotted lines indicating the slant or angle at which the down-spout may be set.

Spseieation f Letters latent.

Patented May 22 1917.

Application ledFebruary 25, 1916. SerialNo. 80,420.

Similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures. of the drawings.v

1in carrying the present 4invention into effect, it; is, proposed to employ a suitable metallic trough section l, whichl may` be of`- any desired cross-sectional shape, but preferably ofi the angular type shown, which includes a flat bottoni 2 and the up,- standingfside walls 3; and 1l. As illustrated, the.` Wall 3 is provided.: atlitsupper edge with an angled attaching liangex 5 which may be` held by; suitable fastening elements 6to the underside of the roof R. The opposite Wall t is provided at'its upper edge with: an inturned attaching flange 7, adapth ed to fit in the recess 8 of a trough support.- iug bar 9..

i This `trough supporting bar extends throughout themlcngth of? the roof at the edge thereof, and is; provided with an up-l wardly directed: dclectingI face l0, and is further provided" with the offset spaced' at t-achingfeet, ll for securing:- the same; to the upper surface off thereof. The body portion: of this bar having the recess 8 in its upper ledge terminates short of the bot`-` tom edges.` of the attaching feet. lil to thereby provide a clearance; space; or slot- 12, which constitutes an: entrance for the` trough sectionl. That is` to samthis bar, when sey cured; iu: position: along.;` the edge 0f the-roof, is. spaced above the same so was, to provide for the.1 passage ot water directly therebe neath into` the troughjsection l, which as shown, lies.' in almost. Wholly concealed position beneath the; eaves of the roof.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that. the entire trough section is supportedr at.: its outeredge `by means of the supporting bar 9, Whose recess 8 flushly receives the vintiwned and. supporting flange 7 of the outerside.` 4; of the: trough section l. This attaching` flange is preferably secured to the supporting bar 9 by means of suitable detachable fastening elements E, so that when; desired the trough in ay be readily de-` tached from the bar for painting,lrepairs or the like. When secured in the recess 8, the upper face of the flange 7 coperates with the inclined face l0 of the bar to provide a continuous inclined deflecting surface which will direct solid matter sliding down the roof upwardly and over the edge thereof thus keeping the interior of the trough free from obstructions.

The invention involves a combined eavestrough and down-spout construction, and embodies in connection with the eavestrough a down-spout member 13, attaching member 14 and an intermediate connecting pipe 15.

of the trough section 1, so that the said attaching member may telescopically engage with the end of the trough. This attaching member therefore, includes the side wall portions 16 and 17, the former having a substantially hooked shaped ange portion 18 for fitting over the attaching flange 7 of the ytrough section, while the opposite wall 17 engages with the wall 3 of the trough section at one side of the outlet A thereof. Disposed at right angles to the walls 16 and 17 of the attaching member, are the upstanding walls 19 and 20, the latter forming an end closure for the trough at the edge of the roof, and both these walls being offset to provide a spout end S which fits into the connecting pipe section 15.

The connecting pipe section above referred to is pivotally supported at one end on the spout portion of the attaching member by the pivot elements 21, in such a way that the same will be adjustably connected therewith without impairing the efhciency of the joint, while the other or outlet end has swiveled thereto by means of the pivots 22 the down-spout member 13. Thus, as shown, the outlet end B of the section 15 projects into the down spout member 13 to such an extent that the latter has a wide range of movement on the pivots 22, whereby it may be adjusted to any angle to reach the ground or waste connection. That is to say, if the eaves of the roof project a considerable distance fromy the sides of the house, the adjustable connections between the down-spout member and the trough make it possible for the former to be set at any required angle, such for vinstance, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, and still maintain an effective coupling or joint.

Without further description, it is thought that the many features and advantages of the present invention will be readily ap- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byl addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

As will be observed from the drawings, the cross-sectional shape of the attaching member 14 corresponds to that and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the ap- Hpended claims.

I claim: 1. An eaves trough construction including in combination with the roof eaves, a supporting bar having a flange receiving seat and a plurality of attaching feet, said feet lying in a plane beneath the body of the bar to space the latter from and above the edge of the roof, an eaves trough having at its outer upper edge an angular attaching flange adapted to fit in said seat of the supporting bar, and an outlet mem ber carried by said eaves trough.

`.2. An eaves-trough construction includ ing in combination with the roof eaves, a supporting bar having an upwardly di rected deflecting face and a rabbeted eavestrough flange receiving seat, and also having a plurality of attaching feet, said feet lying in a plane beneath the body of the bar to space the latter above the edge of the trough, an eaves-trough having an attaching flange filling in said rabbeted seat of the supporting bar, and an outlet member telescopically fitting over one end of the eaves-trough.

3. An eaves-trough construction including in combination with the roofeea-ves, a supporting bar secured to said roof eaves and spaced above the upper edge thereof, an'eaves trough having opposite side walls one of which has a flange for engaging the said supporting bar, and the other of which may be secured to .the under side of the roof eaves, and said latter wall having one end thereof cut away to provide an` eXit for the'tro-ugh, and an L-shaped outlet member telescopically engaging the end of said eaves-trough and having a flange for engaging over the flange of the trough which engages the supporting bar.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiiX my signaturel inthe presence of two witnesses. `y j HARRISON L. sKiLLMAN. Witnesses:

AGNES A. JOHNSTON, JHARRY G. EWING.

Washington, D. C. 

